Fountain-pen.



G. W. HEATH.

FOUNTAIN PEN. APPLogmIoN FILED Arima, 1912. 33.956353@ PatentedMar.18,1913.

To all 'whom t may concern:

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT' OFFICE. x

GEORGE W. HEATH, or NEWARK, NEW .'rEEsEY,` AssIGNoE 0E ONE-HALE ToALEEED o. HEATH, or NEWARK,A NEW JEEsEY. n l, r

,i Specification of Letters Patent.

-Patenteaivral 1s, 1913.

Application led April 18, 1912. Serial No. 691,685.

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HEATH, a

citizen of t-he United States, and a residentl of Newark, in the countyof Essex and State' of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedFountain-Pen, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to self-filling fountain pens, and as is usual withdevices of this character, the ink is contained in a collapsible tube orreservoir, which tube is depressed by a presser bar controlled by abutton' projecting through the wall of the pen holder. In devices ofthis character heretofore constructed, the accidental collapsing of thetube when unlocked has freuently caused the ejection of the ink from t ereservoir. It happens with the old form of pen holders that when thepresser bar is not in its entirely raised position and locked out ofengagement with the reservoir, said presser bar ejects' the ink when anattempt is made to reset the parts.

An object of my invention is to eliminate the possibility ofaccidentally collapsing the reservoir tube, and, at the same time, topro' vide a construction in which the presser bar is raised out ofengagement with the flexible reservoir before the device can -be set inits normal position and which 1s positively locked in this raisedposition.

I attain the above outlined object by conL structing the pen barrel oftelescoping parts,

' one of which parts is adapted to engage an inclined slot in the fingerto release the presser bar from engagement with the iexi-v blereservoir.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all thc figures, and in which- Figure l is'asideelevation of a preferred embodiment of my invention with the barrelportion shown in vertical section, and showing the parts in normalclosed position; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing theparts in position to fill the reservoir; Fig. 3 is a plan view lookingdown upon the device shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a transversesectional view taken centrally through the pen and on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Described more 'in detail, I have shown a cylindrical barrel Acomprising two portions 5 and 6, the portion 5 carrying at Vthe outerend thereof, the usual pen point and feeder 7. .As is usual with devicesof this character, the ink is contained within a flexible tube orreservoir 8 extending substant-ially the length of the barrel A andsuitably attached to the point and feeder 7.

In order to fill the pen, the reservoir 8 is compressed by means of apresser bar 9 actuated through a finger button 10, which buttonpreferably forms an integral part of the. bar 9 and extens through anopening 11 in the portion 6- of the barrel, said opening being spacedfrom the adjacent telescoping end as is usual with devices of thischaracter. The portion 6 preferably has a 'metal lining 13 in the formof a tube terminating at the inner edge 14 of the portion 6. Forming alining for the portion 5 and extending beyond the inner edge 15 of thisportion is a tube 16 telescoping within the tube 13 and of a length toengage a slot 17 in-cut from the adjacent edge of the button 10 when theparts 5 and 6 arefully collapsed, as shown in Fig. 1. By thisconstruction, it is seen that the extended portion of the tube 16affords a telescoping action between the portions 5 and 6. It is merelynecessary to pull the portions 5 and 6 apart, as shown in Fig. 2, whichaction eliminates t-he cumbersome unscrewing of the parts as in the oldform of self-filling fountain pens. rIrlhe outer upper edge of the slot17 is beveled outward as shown at 18, so as to permit the finger l() toride up on the outer edge of the tube 16, thereby insuring thewithdrawal of the presser bar 9 out of pressing engagement with thereservoir 8 and positivelyso holding it by virtue of the portion of saidslot parallel tothe axis of the barrel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A self-filling fountain vpen comprising'a two-part barrel, one part ofsaid barrel including a metal lining projecting from one end thereof,the other part of the barrel telescoping upon said metal projection andhaving an opening adjacent the end of said projection, a collapsiblereservoir wit-hin the barrel, a presser bar adapted to collapse thereservoir, and a button connected to said bar 'and extending therefromoutwardly through s-aid opening, said button having therein a. name tothis specification in the presence of` slot normally alining with saidmetal end two subscribing Wtnesseg projection and adapted to receive thesame,

when the barrel parts are telescoped, where- GEORGE HEATH by thereservoir cannot be collapsed gcci- Witnesses:

dentally. l W. S.,ORT0N,

In testimony whereof I have signed my JOHN P. DAVIS.

